The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-10
Local and State Notes.

| Local and State Notes.
The l., B. & W. is arranging for one of it's
| grand excursions to Niagara Falls IN the early
| part of next month.
| NJ. r. MAXWELL agent Of tho Lake Erie d
| Western at this point. is SO i'll as to be COM
| PEELED to stay at home.
The L.. n. A. & c. people are building 100
coal of 40 GOO pounds capacity at their shops
! in New Albany, and they have 400 box cars yet
| to be delivered on old contracts
| Business at the elevators is beginning to i'm
| prove. thirty one cars having been loaded for
| the East at elevator d yesterday-twenty for
| Detroit and eleven for Philadelphia.
The permanent classification committee Of the
| Central Traffic Association has elected G. f.
Gill chairman. vice r. M. Frazer, resigned. +.
| p. Rainier has been elected secretary
| On the 18th of July the Lake Erie & Western
| will run an excursion to Michigan City. The
| train will leave the Union Depot at 6 A. NJ, and
| on the return leaves Michigan City at P. NJ
The re-establishment of the headquarters Of
| the Detroit & Eel River road ut Logansport has
| instilled new life into the town. The Loganites
have always felt sore over the Wabash removing
| them to Peru.
| George Brecount, general agent of the L., n.
| A. & G. at this point, has obtained leave OF
| absence for ten days, and will spend the time at
| West Baden Springs. Accompanied by his wife
| he will leave for the springs to-day.
The belief gains ground in railroad circles
that, no matter which way the fight for posses
! sion of the St Louis, Vandalia 81 Terre Haute
| road terminates, it means the building of an
| other road between Indianapolis and st. Louis.
Presiden. Mackey of the Evansville e. Terre
Haute road, says that the dividend just declared
of II cent. has been fairly earned in the last
| three months. and that the money paid in divi
dends is not done at the expense of the physical
| condition of the property.
The West Shore fastfreight line announce
that they again ready to take business out OF
| Indianapolis, having made arrangements with
| the c.. H. g. D. people to work out of here via
| Toledo. VIM. Parmellee has already pulled off his
coat. and is pitching in for business
Inquiry develops the fact that the heavy ship
ments of grain now going forward for export via
| Philadelphia owing to the lower ocean rates
shippers are able to secure through that port.
there being larger number of vessels there to
load with export business than usual
The Lake Erie s. Western is making big
drive for Detroit business well as for San
dusky. The Detroit q Eel River road is willing
to work freight traffic with them. even if they
did order off the through sleeping coach which
ran between Indianapolis and Detroit.
The general passenger agents of the roads in
the Western States Passenger Association have
about come to the conclusion that it would be a
/ wise thing TO abolish the selling of tickets in
blocks of five and twenty the scalpers reap
large harvest through this class of tickets
The citizens of Vincennes begin to want thu
Vinceppes e. New Albany road built whether
the shops are located at Vincennes or New AL
bany. A few weeks ago the understanding
that in case would VIncennes vote aid to the
enterprise unless the shops were to be located
at that point.
The Pennsylvania Company is buying real es-
tate in Scranton, Pa, with the intention of pro-
viding extensive and suitable terminals for the
road that point. For the time being the Penn
sylvania Company is to the tracks of the Del
aware & Hudson Canal Company, between
Wilkesbarre and Scranton.
Most Of the Indiana roads. where arrange
ing to post daily the weather reports at the more
prominent stations the line 1t is great
convenience to business men and farmers to
know, with a large degree of certainty, what the
weather is to be twenty four hours in advance.
The excellent fire department connected with
the Pennsylvania Company's shops Fort
Wayne and the apparatus they have to work
with doubtless prevented disastrous fire
Tuesday last. fire in one of the shops which
had made considerable Roadway was put out
without the aid of the Fort Wayne fire depart
ment.
The Pennsylvania Company is arranging to
again do business between Cleveland and Chi
cago. They reach Cleveland over the Cleveland
& Pittsburg. When the new law went into eff
feet they stopped doing business by this line be-
tween Cleveland and the Northwest, but
they seem to have hit upon plan by which
they can resume and not conflict with the law.
James McCrea, general manager of the Penn
syvania lines west of Pttsburg. is still too i'll to
perform his official duties but ne hopes to be in
Indianapolis the early part of next week to at
tend to several important matters. Mr. McCrea
has some trouble with his head, caused by over
work, and his physicians recommend as much
freedom from brain work as he can possibly
get.
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Louis, Vandala & Terre Haute road was leased
to the Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad
Company before shovelful of the dirt in its con-
struction was thrown. It also says that after a
seventeen-year lease. during which time between
80 and 80 per cent of the gross earnings have
been paid rental, it looks little late to be
talking about the lease not being legally good.
It is believed in the higher railroad circles that
should the Pennsylvania Company carry their
point and force the st. Louis. Vandala g Terre
Haute road into the hands of a receiver. Col
Joseph Hill will be appointed. It a. the sug-
gestion of the Pennsylvania Company that Col.
Hill was first made supern tendept of the Van
dalia lines and the Colonel is held in high
esteem by the Pennsylvania people, who we'll
know his ability.
A meeting of the c., III. & D. stockholders will
be held Aug. g. to vote a proposition to lease
the Dayton Fort Wayne & Chicago road for 99a
years, renewable forever upon the following
terms: The c., Fl. 81 d. to guarantee the ipters
est Al per cent bonds at the rate of SOL. 600
per mile, the total issue not to exceed So 500 900
in the aggregate. The D., FIT w. e. O. extends
from Deans, o., to Dayton, and will thence be
built via Celina or Mercer to Fort Wayne, where
it will connect with the Nickel plate for Chi
cago
E. A. Ford, general passenger agent of the
Pennsylvania, and Charles lockwood. general
passenger agent of the c., H e D.. had quite
interesting conference Thursday. Mr.. Ford
proposed to consolidate the outside Offices at In
dianapolis and thus cut down expenses which
are heavy TO both roads they are ow operated,
but Mr.. lockwood thought it would be unwise
the part of the c., II. & d. to take such a step
and declined. Mr.. Ford then proposed that the
c., III. & ID. place full line of their tickets in
the Offices of the Pennsylvania Company, the
latter. in turn TO place their tickets in the c.,
III. e. ID. Offices. This arrangement Mr. Rock
wood consented to. and next week the PROPOSE
ton will be carried out.
General and miscellaneous
1t is said that the c. b. g. @ people are con-